Fussy eater

I am about to lose my damn mind here! My little boy basically eats nothing but porridge - he gobbles that up and turns his nose up yo almost everything else.

We are under the dietician & speech and language because he was in hospital for a month at birth for various things*, particularly not feeding. The dietician is pushing me to do more milk (I agree he isn’t having enough) AND three meals a day and I am going insane prepping food that he won’t even open his mouth for.

Any other mums going through the same thing? Please DM me because I need help!!! 😵‍💫

*He does have a genetic disorder but he’s developmentally well when it comes to feeding, he just hates almost everything I try feed him!

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I don't have this problem, and probably you've tried this before, but have you tried slowly mixing things with the porridge? To slowly increase the amount of non porridge food mixed with it? Dunno, maybe it's a silly thing I'm suggesting

My eldest didn't eat until he was 11 months old apart from yoghurts and the little fruit pots. Tried everything and he would clamp his mouth shut. One day he just decided he was going to eat and that was it! The amount of pressure I had from health visitors telling me he'd lose the ability to chew etc 🙄 he is perfectly fine and a brilliant eater now! I wish I'd been more confident to say he will do it in his own time, and he did :)

I would suggest going back to basics and just offer veggies, which is also a good way to promote self feeding. Don’t rush, give it time.

I was hospitalised as a kid for not eating, and after a while all I'd eat were petit filous yoghurts and lemons....I can confirm I now eat other foods and it just "clicked" one day apparently and I started eating. I hope this happens for you and your little one. Good luck!! ❣️

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